MARRICKVILLE 1930s

Undercliffe Bridge over Cook's River overlooking Illawarra Road in Marrickville.

Illawarra Road, Marrickville in 1956...

Marrickville Road, 1936. 

Kings Theatre in 1938.

Kings Theatre in Marrickville in 1938.

Marrickville Kings Theatre first entertained patrons with independent & foreign-language films in 1937. It lasted for a little more than 3 decades. The cinema was demolished and a strip of offices & flats was built in its place in 1971. 

Opened in 1921 as Hoyts De Luxe Theatre, it had a Spanish Colonial style of decoration. It was closed in March 1938 and was given an Art Deco style makeover, after which the De Luxe name was dropped. The Hoyts Marrickville Theatre re-opened on 23rd April 1938.

The Addison Theatre opened its doors as the Victoria Theatre on 29 October 1924. The Addison was a typical suburban cinema, running double-bills every week. After almost 4 decades servicing movie-goers, it finally, closed its doors on 21st June 1958 after screening Frank Sinatra & Sophia Loren's 'The pride and the passion'. Today, a petrol station occupies the site on Addison Road. 

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1987

looking south-east 1987.

looking south towards Botany Bay from Centre Point Tower in 1985.

Cumberland Street in the Rocks

Stairwell from flat 34-C Cumberland Street, Rocks. 

Cumberland Street, Rocks. 

Old Sydney Terminus Railway Station in Redfern

Old Sydney Railway Station in Redfern - corner of George & Devonshire Streets in 1890.

Old Sydney Terminus in 1902. 

Central Railway Station

Central Station Square looking West in 1921.

Central Railway Square in January 1929.

Central Railway Square on George Street having Christ Church, St. Laurence in 1900.

1910.

Central Railway Square in 1914.

1939.

Central Railway Square, 1945. 

Central Station under construction in 1903. 

Central Railway Station tower sometime between 1922 & 1927. 

George Street at Haymarket.

slog up Pitt Street to Central Station circa 1912.

Cemetery where Central Station would be... 

same cemetery seen at a different angle...

Sydney seen through an artist's eyes

Baker's Terrace painted by Roland Wakelin in 1963.

Observatory Hill seen from Darling Harbour, painted by Frederick Garling in 1865.

Natives of N.S.W. as seen in the streets of Sydney by Augustus Earle in 1830.

Sydney University

Parramatta Road, Camperdown, 1930s. 

Road to Parramatta circa 1870.

Sydney University Great Hall in 1874; horse & coach are facing East.

Broadway looking West 1947; the steeple on the left is St. Benedict's; Sydney Uni's Great Hall tower can be seen futher up...

Broadway towards Victoria Park in 1930.

Perspective for applicant owner Alfred Bennett for proposed University Hotel, approved on 21st January 1890.

University Hotel in 1952.